 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...fallen upon her uition of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought lousaml nto oblivion. With dim lights and tangled circumstances they tried to s cued her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, ccono, and calculators has... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1888 - 560 pages
...ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did 1 dream that I should have lived to see such disasters...have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a loot that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from the scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott, Sir John Robert Seeley - 1893 - 344 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from tht-ir scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1894 - 402 pages
...bosom ; little did I dream that I should have lived to see 9 such disasters fallen10 upon her in11 a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand 1 Presumed to, se hasarderent a — 2 in a, d'un — 8 if such an your demands, si c'est la cc que... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from the scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the ago of chivalry is gone.... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 pages
...to see such disasters fallen on her in a nation of gallant (6) men — in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards (7) to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the (8) age of chivalry is gone. That... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 pages
...lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from the scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1900 - 596 pages
...bosom; little did 1 dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a natioc of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of...have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a lool that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists,... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...star full of life and splendour and joy. . . . Little did I dream that I should have lived to see snch disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men,...thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from 1 Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors (What the discordant harmony of circumstances would... | |
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Little did I dream when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream that I should have lived... 
